294 POLO IN THE ARMY. [Chap. XII. 



D.S.O., of the 1 8th B.L., who played for his regi- 

 ment when they won the Bengal Cavalry Tournament 

 in 1899. 



The Indian Volunteers furnished a grand con- 

 tingent of Polo players with Lumsden's Horse, 

 among whom were Captain Rutherfoord, D.S.O., 

 Captain Taylor, of the Bengal Cavalry, Sergeant- 

 Major Marsham, who earned the Distinguished 

 Conduct Medal, his brother H. Marsham, who is 

 a very brilliant player, Percy Jones and Sergeant F. 

 Macnamara. I have had many good games with 

 them m Behar (India). 



The Egyptian Army furnished a strong contingent, 

 among them Colonel Maxwell, D.S.O., whom I 

 remember as a brilliant player at Cairo in 1890; 

 Major J. K. Watson, C.M.G., D.S.O., Lieut.-Colonel 

 C. G. Martyr, D.S.O. ; and several others. 



The gallant General Penn Symons, who was beloved 

 by every officer and man that served under him, did a 

 great deal for polo in India, and at the time of his 

 death was President of the Indian Polo Association. 

 The late Major Sherston, who soon followed him, was 

 Honorary Secretary of this Association. Indian polo 

 players owe him a deep debt of gratitude for having 

 brought Indian polo, including the revision of the rules, 

 into its present state of business-like efficiency. 



The late Colonel Chisholm was well known as a 

 brilliant polo player in India and at Hurlingham when 

 he was in the 9th Lancers. His name first appears in 

 the winning team of that regiment at Meerut in 1878. 



The late Lord Ava, who was the best of sportsmen, 

 comrades, and friends, was well known in the Indian 

 polo world when he was in the 17th Lancers, and 



